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ainge_consulting Leila Ainge, Psychologist, coach and podcast host 'psychologically speaking'

17/01/2025

How many friend connections do you maintain on Facebook?

Robin Dunbar is a psychologist who came up with a number that estimates the amount of people we can maintain friends with, and it’s 150 ... give or take quality of the relationship!

It's up for debate how many *close* friends we maintain, psychological studies and estimates range from 6 to 29! So pretty inconclusive then!

Do you maintain lots of Facebook friends or keep your circle smaller? I have to admit that I reduced the number of friends on FB a few years ago when I was posting more images of my child.

p.s I'm exploring the role of relationships, friendship and success in the latest episode of my podcast psychologically speaking, season 2 is out now and available on all the usual pod platforms.

New episode 🎙️The relationship between accountability and motivation.I’m sharing my personal journey of goal setting in ...
15/01/2025

New episode 🎙️The relationship between accountability and motivation.

I’m sharing my personal journey of goal setting in running, emphasizing the importance of social support and relationships in achieving goals.
We’ll look at the psychological needs of autonomy, competence, and relatedness, ad how they help us to get ahead and get things done.

psychologically speaking is available on all the usual podcast platforms

EXTRAS: head to my substack for photos and references to accompany this podcast.

Strategies I'd reccomend as a psychologist when it comes to goal setting and success. Think about Obstacles Use the WOOP...
07/01/2025

Strategies I'd reccomend as a psychologist when it comes to goal setting and success.

Think about Obstacles
Use the WOOP method to identfy obstacles, Wish 💫, Outcome, Obstacles and Plan. This taps in to a psychological process of mental contrasting.

Avoiding Temptation
We underestimate our ability to resist temptation, to reduce this bias you might want to think about decisions you'll be faced with, and consider (read: ACCEPT) your willpower might not be enough 🥹 - enlist a friend, an excuse or have an alternative prepared.

Use peer support
Accountability works because when it's doen well it delivers compassion and shared social connection. There's also some theories that link working with others to mirror neurons which fire when we see the action of others - incredible stuff! 🤯

Scrolling when you should be working? don't worry, if it's not social media you'll be distracted by something else, most...
06/01/2025

Scrolling when you should be working? don't worry, if it's not social media you'll be distracted by something else, most likely your own thoughts 💭

🎙Season two of the psychologically speaking podcast delves into 'spontaneous off-task' thoughts, brain networks and the benefits of drifting🎙

Head to www.leilaainge.co.uk or search for 'psychologically speaking with Leila Ainge' on all the usual pod platforms.

My word of the year is something I'll be seeing more of in my day-to-day. 😁Energetic workshops, camping trips, coaching ...
05/01/2025

My word of the year is something I'll be seeing more of in my day-to-day. 😁

Energetic workshops, camping trips, coaching and gardening are high on the list of things that bring me joy!

I'll be holding onto last years word of the year 'kindness' in pursuit of this joy though.

Did you pick a word last year, do you have one for 2025? I found it helped me make some uncomfortable decisions towards the end of 2024 when I revisited the intentions I'd made.

Maybe it's a word a picture, dream or a written goal, intentions come in all shapes and forms.

Season Two of the podcast 🎙️has arrived andfeatures snails, growth and brains.🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌You can listen to psycholo...
04/01/2025

Season Two of the podcast 🎙️has arrived and
features snails, growth and brains.

🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌

You can listen to psychologically speaking on all the usual platforms, or head to my website www.leilaainge.co.uk for the webplayer.

02/01/2025

🎺 psychologically speaking was nominated 🎺

My episode on clothing and imposter phenomenon with the amazing Samantha Harman was on the shortlist for ‘moment of factual clarity’ for the International Women’s podcast awards🎙️.

I loved doing this podcast, and it's been a great way to share and talk about my research on Imposter Phenomenon with a group of brilliant women.

p.s 🎙psychologically speaking is available to download on all the usual platforms.

If you’re thinking about goals or resolutions grab a cuppa, here are three things I’d recommend as a psychologist. And i...
02/01/2025

If you’re thinking about goals or resolutions grab a cuppa, here are three things I’d recommend as a psychologist.

And if setting goals using the SMART framework gives you PTSD from a bad work experience, or you have a track record of failed resolutions l've got your back 🧠

Obstacles
Introducing awesome social psychologist Gabriele Oettingen, their work has highlighted the role of mental contrasting and the benefits of thinking about obstacles, try the WOOP method.

💫Wish, Outcome, Obstacles, Plan

Temptation
Love them or hate them, resolutions that require willpower need scaffolding against our overconfidence! Called restraint bias, folk underestimate their ability to resist temptation, and in doing so it leads to more impulsive behaviour.

👀To reduce this bias effect you might want to think about decisions you'll be faced with, and consider (read: ACCEPT) your willpower might not be enough and enlist a friend, an excuse or have an alternative if it helps!

Accountability
👬Peer support, coach, mentor or best friend. Accountability works because when it's done well it delivers compassion, shared social connection and objectivity against our overconfidence and negativity bias!

Let me know if you think you'll use these tips to get ahead and get things done

👋🏻I'm Leila, accredited psychologist, podcast host and coach.

🎯I'm opening up three coaching slots in
2025 - get in touch for an informal chat 💬

01/01/2025

Are you planning 2025 goals or languishing in nothing-ness? Here's my psychological take on twixmas and thinking forward from 2022.

🎙️ psychologically speaking is available on all podcast platforms, or head to my website www.leilaainge.co.uk for the webplayer.

AI hallucinated a new season of the pod 🎙️, so at 10pm on Christmas Eve, mince pie in hand I released a short ‘Leila cra...
01/01/2025

AI hallucinated a new season of the pod 🎙️, so at 10pm on Christmas Eve, mince pie in hand I released a short ‘Leila crafted’ episode about unfinished business (whilst faffing about with snowflakes on canva and trying to remember how to line up the intro music 🎶)

11 min listen on all the usual platforms or available to read over on the ‘stack - details in the comments. ❄️

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